Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-03-31
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with table salt and q wet rag.
IRON Rusr.-This may be removed
by salt mixed with q little lemon juice;
put in the sun; If necessary u,e two
applications.
To CLEAN TNwARE.-The best thing
for cleaning tinware is common soda;
dampen a cloth, dip it in soda, rub the
ware briskly, after which wipe dry.
To CLEAN oUT-eLAss. Having
washed cut-glass articles. let them dry,
and afterwards rub them with prepared
chalk and a soft brush, carefully going
into all the cavities. AZ
THE skin Of a boiled egg is the most
eficacious remedy that can be applied
to a boil. Peel carefully, wet and apply
to the part affected. 1t will draw off
the matter and relieve the soreness in a
few hours.
A LITTLE ammonia OF b0rax In the
water you wash your hands with, and
that water just lukewarm, will keep
the skin clean and soft. A little oat-
meal mixed with the water win whiten
the hands.
CUsTARD PTE.-Beat three eggs and
three tablespoonful sugar together for
at least five minutes; add three ~teacups-
full fresh milk, and flavor to taste:
bake in deep pie plate lined with pie
crust, and watch carefully so that it
will not be cooked too much
To FRIcAssEE poRg.-Cut a small
sparerib or chine of pork into pieces,
cover with water and stew until tender;
remove the meal, and flavor the gravy
with salt, and pepper, and thicken with
a little -four. Serve in a deep dish, in
the gravy, and garnish the dish with
rice.
THIS is said to be a good test for the
purity of butter. A clean piece of
paper is smeared with a little Of the
suspected butter. The paper is then
rolled up and set on fire. If the butter
is pure the smell of the burning paper
is rather pleasant; but the odor is dis
tinctly tallowy if the butter" is made
up wholly or in part of animal fats.
To CANDY NUTs.-Three cups of
sugar, n cup of water; boil until it
hardens when dropped in water, then
flavor with lemon. 1t must not boil
after the lemon is put in. Put a nut
on the end of a fine knitting-needle,
take out and turn on the needle until
it is cool. If the candy gets cold, set
on the stove for a few minutes. Malaga
grapes and oranges, quartered, may be
candied in the same way.
STEAMED PUDDrNG.-Two eggs, one
cup each of sugar and sour milk, one
half t%easpoonful of soda, a little salt,
dried %currants, raisins or other fruit,
and one cup of -four. Beat the eggs
and stir in the sugar, dissolve the soda
in milk, and mix in also the soda and
salt; then thicken with Hour rather
thicker than for cake PIT into a two
quart pan and set in the steamer and
steam an hour and n half.
Work DAGs.-A very pretty work
bag may be made of n handsome silk
handkerchief. Gather it in a circle
five inches from the corner and one
inch from the edges; make two run
nings through which to thread a mar
row ribbon to draw it mp with. Finish
the edge with broad lace and embroider
the corners. 1t is now the fashion to
have the full christian name embroid-
cred across the middle of the handker-
chiefs, diagonally.
SPANISH BuN.-Yolks Of four eggs,
two cups of brown sugar, n half cup
Of butter, n cup of sweet milk, n
t~easpoonful of soda, two teaspoonsful
of cream of tartar, one t%easpoonful of
cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Bake
in a moderate oven. Use for frosting
the whites of four eggs beaten to q
stiff froth, add m quarter cup Of
sugar, flavor to taste and spread evenly
on the cake. If desired itcan be put in
the oven until q nice brown. +
A GOOD GREASE ERADICToR. IAN
excellent grease eradication is made of
the following ingredients: Ammonia,
two ounces; soft water, n quart
saltpetre, n %teaspoonful; fine soap
in shavings, one ounce; mix thoroughly
and keep in a covered vessel. Thi:
recipe is a simple one, yet 1t has made
millionnaires of four men who have
successfully controlled proprietor!
rights to use 1t.
CIDER APPLE JELLY.-Cut good
ripe apples in quarters, put them in d
kettle and cover them with sweet cider
just from the press. ct should, if.pos
sible, be used the day it is made-or
at any rate, before it has worked a
ALI. Boil until well done, and drai'
through q sieve. Do not press j
through. Measure the liquor, and t
no.h oiuk odd npa mound NJ auCai